Income inequality comparisons with dirty data: the UK and Spain during the 1980s

Cowell, Frank, Litchfield, Julie and Mercader-Prats, Magda (1999) Income inequality comparisons with dirty data: the UK and Spain during the 1980s. Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 45, 45. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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Abstract

Inequality comparisons between countries and over time should take into account problems of data imperfection. We examine the contrasting experience of the UK and Spain during the 1980s in terms of the distribution of disposable income. We consider whether the apparent divergence in inequality could be attributable to deficiencies in income data including under-reporting.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk
Additional Information:	© 1999 Frank Cowell, Julie A. Litchfield and Magda Mercader-Prats
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Lorenz dominance, data contamination, cross-country comparisons
Library of Congress subject classification:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HA Statistics
Journal of Economic Literature Classification System:	C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General > C13 - Estimation D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Sets:	Collections > Economists Online Departments > Economics Research centres and groups > Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) Research centres and groups > Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE)
Rights:	http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm
Identification Number:	45
URL:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/2240/

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